marquer
French
Etymology
From Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#MARQUERCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#MARQUER marquer (15th c.), from northern Old FrenchCategory:French terms derived from Old French#MARQUER merchier, merquer, denominal from merc (“sign”), from Old NorseCategory:French terms derived from Old Norse#MARQUER merki. The -a- may be due to a general variation in Middle French, but was likely reinforced by ItalianCategory:French terms derived from Italian#MARQUER marcare (13th c.), which is derived from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#MARQUER marca, from a confluence of Proto-West GermanicCategory:French terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MARQUER *mark and *marku, both related with the Old Norse above. Latin marca is also the source of French marche (“frontier”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.ke/Category:French 2-syllable words#MARQUERCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MARQUER
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Verb
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- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#MARQUER) to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something)
- Marquer le papier.
- To mark [down] the paper.
- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#MARQUER) to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)
- Marquer la page dans le livre
- Mark a page in a book.
- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#MARQUER) to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark)
- Marquer la peau avec du fer chaud.
- To mark/brand one's skin with hot iron.
- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#MARQUER) to mark (to feature as a highlight of something)
- Ce projet va marquer l'avenir de la firme.
- This project will mark the company's future.
- (transitiveCategory:French transitive verbs#MARQUER, sportsCategory:fr:Sports#MARQUER) to score (e.g. a point or a goal)
- Vous devez marquer trois buts si vous voulez gagner.
- You must score three goals if you want to win.
Conjugation
Conjugation of marquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | marquant /maʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marqué /maʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | marque /maʁk/ |
marques /maʁk/ |
marque /maʁk/ |
marquons /maʁ.kɔ̃/ |
marquez /maʁ.ke/ |
marquent /maʁk/ |
| imperfect | marquais /maʁ.kɛ/ |
marquais /maʁ.kɛ/ |
marquait /maʁ.kɛ/ |
marquions /maʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
marquiez /maʁ.kje/ |
marquaient /maʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | marquai /maʁ.ke/ |
marquas /maʁ.ka/ |
marqua /maʁ.ka/ |
marquâmes /maʁ.kam/ |
marquâtes /maʁ.kat/ |
marquèrent /maʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | marquerai /maʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
marqueras /maʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
marquera /maʁ.kə.ʁa/ |
marquerons /maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
marquerez /maʁ.kə.ʁe/ |
marqueront /maʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marquerais /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
marquerais /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
marquerait /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ |
marquerions /maʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marqueriez /maʁ.kə.ʁje/ |
marqueraient /maʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | marque /maʁk/ |
marques /maʁk/ |
marque /maʁk/ |
marquions /maʁ.kjɔ̃/ |
marquiez /maʁ.kje/ |
marquent /maʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | marquasse /maʁ.kas/ |
marquasses /maʁ.kas/ |
marquât /maʁ.ka/ |
marquassions /maʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
marquassiez /maʁ.ka.sje/ |
marquassent /maʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marque /maʁk/ |
— | marquons /maʁ.kɔ̃/ |
marquez /maʁ.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “marquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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